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. >> britain's prince william put his military training to the test today. he performed several water landings before crowds in canada. he is a royal air force helicopter pilot and he requested the simulated landing procedure as part 6 his visit. the duke and duchess toured prince edward island and they will take part in a dragon boat race. the will couple will visit los angeles on friday. >> we'll be right back. you can see >> today at 4:00 and 5:00 on abc news, they are common mistakes and cause over injuries. michael finney shows us what you should never do when mowing the lawn and a new study suggested environmental factors could play a role in autism. these stories and more at 4:00 and 5:00. from all of us here, thanks for joining us. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. nogoing back the again. good for you! how'd you do i eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those
. >> britain's prince william put his military training to the test today. he performed several water landings before crowds in canada. he is a royal air force helicopter pilot and he requested the simulated landing procedure as part 6 his visit. the duke and duchess toured prince edward island and they will take part in a dragon boat race. the will couple will visit los angeles on friday. >> we'll be right back. you can see >> today at 4:00 and 5:00 on abc news, they are...
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. >> if the scandal takes on a life of its own outside of britain, then people may watch fox stations less. they may read news corporation's newspapers less often. that could have lasting repercussions. >> reporter: another former editor of "the news of the world," is rebekah brooks, now murdoch's editor in britain. she still has her job, despite calls for a dismissal. she said the paper had to be killed quickly. >> eventually, it will c ce out, why things went wrong and who was responsible. and that will be -- that will be another very, very difficult moment in this company's history. >> reporter: with a comment like that, it is clear the scandal will not be dying with the paper. it's fair to say there's a lot of reporters, managers, politicians and police, wondering if and when they will be facing criminal charges. david? >> jeffrey kofman in london. jeffffy, thank you. >>> while the closing of that british newspaper is the headline dominating the news in london, it's a part of britain making headlines here. the future king and queen are in this country. british royalty meeting holl
. >> if the scandal takes on a life of its own outside of britain, then people may watch fox stations less. they may read news corporation's newspapers less often. that could have lasting repercussions. >> reporter: another former editor of "the news of the world," is rebekah brooks, now murdoch's editor in britain. she still has her job, despite calls for a dismissal. she said the paper had to be killed quickly. >> eventually, it will c ce out, why things went wrong...
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the murdochs certainly had the ear of britain's prime minister. in 15 months, david cameron has had 26 meetings with murdoch executives. more than twice the number of meetings he's had with any other news organization. how powerful was rupert murdoch here in britain? >> immensely powerful. the view of every prime minister for r e last 30 years is that no one can get elected without the blessing of the patriarch. >> reporter: it is now not clear that either murdoch can survive this crisis. news corporation shares have tumbled. if the company faces criminal charges, it could be forced to unload some of its most lucrative holdings in the u.s. including fox tv.ç this really is a dynasty on the brink. jeffrey kofman, abc news, london. >> what a drama. and kind of an ironic twist. some of the paper's websites were hacked last night, actually a fake story put out rupert murdoch was dead. that again was a fake story. a little irony there. >> a bit of irony as the story continues to grow and grow. i think the scope of it continues to get larger. >>> also
the murdochs certainly had the ear of britain's prime minister. in 15 months, david cameron has had 26 meetings with murdoch executives. more than twice the number of meetings he's had with any other news organization. how powerful was rupert murdoch here in britain? >> immensely powerful. the view of every prime minister for r e last 30 years is that no one can get elected without the blessing of the patriarch. >> reporter: it is now not clear that either murdoch can survive this...
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. >> reporter: next, cocktail reception at the garden at the house of britain's consul general. the duchess of cambridge wearing a maja green silk dress s diane von furstenberg, american designer, joined her husband, the prince, to talk with celebrities including english soccer star david beckham. later today, the royals will head for a little polo. fans paying between $400 and $4,000 for a seat at the charity tournament then off to downtown l.a. to pay tribute to british film and a chance to rub elbows with hollywood stars, tom hanks and nicole kidman among the guests. >> suddenly this young couple comes into town and has sort of stolen the limelight. >> reporter: tonight at this historic theater, the royal couple will join with the british academy of film and television arts to recognize future british stars. >> it's going to be a fabulous event to introduce 42 brits who we think are going to be names that you're going to be hearing a lot more of. >> this is originally -- >> reporter: names like gareth edwards, first time feature director of the brtiish cult hit "monsters." he
. >> reporter: next, cocktail reception at the garden at the house of britain's consul general. the duchess of cambridge wearing a maja green silk dress s diane von furstenberg, american designer, joined her husband, the prince, to talk with celebrities including english soccer star david beckham. later today, the royals will head for a little polo. fans paying between $400 and $4,000 for a seat at the charity tournament then off to downtown l.a. to pay tribute to british film and a...
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his plan to take 100% control of britain's b-sky-b satellite network. this scandal has highlighted what many in britain consider a near monopoly by murdoch companies. 40% of the papers sold in this country including the fabled "times" and "sunday times" are owned by murdoch companies. his holdings stretch around the world. in the u.s., he owns two of the most influential newspapers, book publishing, "avatar," his. 20th century fox. fox news and, yes, fox tv, owner of "the simpsons." >> i own 60% of that. >> all right, break it up, boys. >> i suppose you don't like tabloid newspapers, either. >> reporter: news corporation, the company he controls, is headquarteted in new york. his challenge now is to keep the taint that's poisoned his british holdings from infecting his holdings around the world. jeffrey kofman, abc news, london. >>> we're going to turn now to the brits making headlines here. prince william and his new wife kate. they are on their way back to london tonight after a whirlwind weekend in california. they are now cleaning up the royal red c
his plan to take 100% control of britain's b-sky-b satellite network. this scandal has highlighted what many in britain consider a near monopoly by murdoch companies. 40% of the papers sold in this country including the fabled "times" and "sunday times" are owned by murdoch companies. his holdings stretch around the world. in the u.s., he owns two of the most influential newspapers, book publishing, "avatar," his. 20th century fox. fox news and, yes, fox tv, owner...
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one of britain's oldest papers is shutting down. >>> the historic shuttle program set to end today. "atlantis" by the numbers. >>> good friday rning. people in grand rapids, michigan, are trying to make sense of a tragedy this morning. a gunman is accused of seven people including his own children. >> it ended when the suspect killed himself. john hendren has more details. >> reporter: good morning. after several shootings police had hope the standoff without another death. the gunman went from talking surrender to asking police to shoot him. in the end he shot himself. the deadly shooting rampage, a police standoff and a high speed chase put a city on edge. seven people were shot and killed. then the suspect got himself in the middle of a tragic drama in grand rapids. >> our negotiators were talking to him, trying to give him instructions as to how he could go about turning himself in and surrender. but we heard a gunshot and turned out to be self-inflicted. >> reporter: roderick shonte dantzler led police on a high-speed chase. four were fnd dead in one home. three were killed in
one of britain's oldest papers is shutting down. >>> the historic shuttle program set to end today. "atlantis" by the numbers. >>> good friday rning. people in grand rapids, michigan, are trying to make sense of a tragedy this morning. a gunman is accused of seven people including his own children. >> it ended when the suspect killed himself. john hendren has more details. >> reporter: good morning. after several shootings police had hope the standoff...
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paper hacked voice mails of the families of britain's soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan. for celebrities that saw their cell phones illegally hacked and been exposed to people offal world, finally people were listening. actor hugh grant smoke out on the bbc. >> you didn't care who got hurt as long as you were able to sell your newspaper. >> reporter: that's paul mcmullin, for more than a decade, a reporter and editor at "the news of the world." >> would you stop at anything to get the story? you would do anything. >> even breaking the law? >> absolutely. >> reporter: we learned they made it an industry, allegedly bribing police for scoops and hacking as many as 4,000 people's phones. on friday, the arrests began starting with andy colson former editor of "the news of the world" and he would become spokesman for david cameron. he now conceive thad maybe politicians and police have been a little too cozy with the press baron. >> we've all been in this together. party leaders were so keen to win the support of newspapers we turned a blind eye to the neat to sort this issue.
paper hacked voice mails of the families of britain's soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan. for celebrities that saw their cell phones illegally hacked and been exposed to people offal world, finally people were listening. actor hugh grant smoke out on the bbc. >> you didn't care who got hurt as long as you were able to sell your newspaper. >> reporter: that's paul mcmullin, for more than a decade, a reporter and editor at "the news of the world." >> would you...
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. >>> britain's best-selling tabloid is accused of sinking to a new low. it's at the center of a growing phone hacking scandal whose targets allegedly include murder victims, terror victims, celebrities and politicians. abc's jeffrey kofman has the latest from london. >> reporter: just how low would they go? that's the question being asked about a scandal at britain's biggest newspaper, the racy tabloid "news of the world." the paper has admitted hacking the phones of celebrities but it is now accused of hacking the cell phone of missing 13-year-old millie dowler in 2002, deleleng messages and giving her parents and police false hopes that the girl was still alive. when lonondon was hit with terrorist bombs in the 2005 that killed 52 people, the "news of the world" allegedly hacked the phones of victims and their families in pursuit of yet more exclusives. >> it's a violation, isn't it. i still don't know what i think about it. other than, i'm really angry >> reporter: the paper is the profitable flagship of media mogul rupert murdoch's massi holdings in b
. >>> britain's best-selling tabloid is accused of sinking to a new low. it's at the center of a growing phone hacking scandal whose targets allegedly include murder victims, terror victims, celebrities and politicians. abc's jeffrey kofman has the latest from london. >> reporter: just how low would they go? that's the question being asked about a scandal at britain's biggest newspaper, the racy tabloid "news of the world." the paper has admitted hacking the phones of...
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he is continuing his apologies this morning saying sorry now to all of britain. abc's jeffrey kofman is in london this morning with the story. jeffrey, what is he saying and where? >> reporter: well, take a look. this is his own "times of london." "we are sorry." this is in all the national l newspapers here. actually to say quite appropriately, it's a contrition mission. you know, i was trying to figure out what analogy works here, is it shakespearian but it actually reminds me of "a christmas carol" when ebenezer approaches tiny tim and tries to atone for his past sins. >> now, this situation is likely to get worse for murdoch before gets better. on tuesday he's going to be dragged before the british parliament. how bad is that likely to be for him? >> reporter: i think that the entire world on cable tv will be watching. this is going to be quite the spectacle. he did not want to go. in fact, he said he wouldn't go and then realized that was yet another public relations fiasco. he and his son james and rebekah brooks, his shamed lieutenant, will all appear befo
he is continuing his apologies this morning saying sorry now to all of britain. abc's jeffrey kofman is in london this morning with the story. jeffrey, what is he saying and where? >> reporter: well, take a look. this is his own "times of london." "we are sorry." this is in all the national l newspapers here. actually to say quite appropriately, it's a contrition mission. you know, i was trying to figure out what analogy works here, is it shakespearian but it actually...
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. >>> now to the phone-hacking scananl that is rocking britain. it's already forced the tabloid "news of the world" to close. it's now threatening a $12 billion deal to take over a british satellite broadcast company. jeffrey kofman has the latest now from london. >> reporter: rupert murdoch rushed to london to rescue the $33 billion media empire he has spent his life building. as he arrived he was reading the last issue of "the news of the worlrl" the paper that began his overseas expansion 42 years ago. the best-selling tabloid was on the newsstands here for the last time. >> if you've done wrong you face the consequences. >> reporter: the paper brought down by criminal excesses of its reporters in search of sensational stories. in the eyes of many it was brought down by management that still refuses to acknowledge its own role. that is rebecca brooks. who dined with murdoch. she was editor while many of the crimes were committed. 270 people lost their jobs this weekend. she stayed. but murdoch may lose a huge business deal. his plan to take 100
. >>> now to the phone-hacking scananl that is rocking britain. it's already forced the tabloid "news of the world" to close. it's now threatening a $12 billion deal to take over a british satellite broadcast company. jeffrey kofman has the latest now from london. >> reporter: rupert murdoch rushed to london to rescue the $33 billion media empire he has spent his life building. as he arrived he was reading the last issue of "the news of the worlrl" the paper...
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one of britain's top cops also resigned. abc's jeffrey kofman reports from london. >> reporter: the scandal that shuttered one of britain's oldest newspapers is nothing less than an earthquake. shaking this country to the core. the casualties just keep mounting. the latest? the head of scotland yard. sir paul stevenson resigned. he insisted he had no involvement in his force's failure to investigate widespread alleged criminal acts by murdoch's journalists. nor the alleged bribery of police officers by reporters. >> i had no knowledge of the extent of this disgraceful practice. or indeed to the extent of it. and the repugnant nature of the selection of victims that is now emerging. >> reporter: and there is more. rebekah brooks, just days ago she was at the apex of power running rupert murdoch's british operations. it is said he considered her his other daughter. on friday, she resigned from the company. she was arrested. the tenth arrest since this scandal erupted two weeks ago. brooks was editor of "the news of the world"
one of britain's top cops also resigned. abc's jeffrey kofman reports from london. >> reporter: the scandal that shuttered one of britain's oldest newspapers is nothing less than an earthquake. shaking this country to the core. the casualties just keep mounting. the latest? the head of scotland yard. sir paul stevenson resigned. he insisted he had no involvement in his force's failure to investigate widespread alleged criminal acts by murdoch's journalists. nor the alleged bribery of...
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a cosmetic ad featuring julia roberts has been banned britain. advertising standards council says the image of a flawless roberts used by loreal xaj rates results from using the product. loreal there was retouching but you can see lines on roberts and the effects are possible. an ad featuring walnut model was also banned. they were appropriating foundation under the loreal brand. >> a new service, let's users make payments by holding their credit cards in front of a web cam. the company says this will not only speed up the payment process, it will cut down on fraud. >> scientists in south korea have created a dog that literally glows. the glow can be turned on and off based on what its fed could find a cure for alzheimer's in humans. here is the dog a cloned beagle. it carries a specific gene the glowing triggered by antibiotics. they say that it will allow them to experiment with other antibiotics. >> still ahead, mystery donor that are saving amps man's east bay. >> and proposed ban for circumcision goes back to courtroom today. >> and he was t
a cosmetic ad featuring julia roberts has been banned britain. advertising standards council says the image of a flawless roberts used by loreal xaj rates results from using the product. loreal there was retouching but you can see lines on roberts and the effects are possible. an ad featuring walnut model was also banned. they were appropriating foundation under the loreal brand. >> a new service, let's users make payments by holding their credit cards in front of a web cam. the company...
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and political player that has been arrested in connection with a growing telephone hacking scandal in britain. >> and we'll look to see as new duke and duchess visits nicotine cravings make smoking one of the most powerful addictions. try only nicoderm cq has smartcontrol technology... for twenty-four hour craving protection to help you quit for good. try nicoderm cq today. [ slap! ] [ pneumatic wrench buzzing ] [ slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums ♪ [ mom ] can a little bowl of cereal change your life? i think it can. one of the challenges for kayla being gluten-free is actually finding choices the whole family will love. then we discovered chex cereals. five flavors of chex are gluten-free, including the honey nut flavor and that's amazing to a mom like me. as a parent you dot want to have to tell your kids "no" all the time. it's nice for me to be able to say "yes" to something th they want to eat. [ male announcer ] chex cereal. five
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. >> a cosmetics ad featuring jude yeah roberts has been banned in britain. they say it exaggerate results that women use the product. loreal and you can see some lines on roberts and the effects are possible. an ad feesmg featuring christy was also banned. >>> have you ever thought about owning your own ghost town? a woman is selling 42 acres in south dakota including the tiny town which was rough and tumble cowboy town. there are nine residents there but it includes a post office, saloon and two stores. asking price is $800,000. just think of all the films you could shoot there. >>> policing on a two-hour chase that stretches from east bay to central valley. why police were out to stop them. >> another flight headed into sfo is delays because of unruly passengers. i'm amy hollyfield live at sfo. you'll hear from people on board coming up next. >> and a pending court ruling that could end up taking a few inches off the november ballot in san francisco. >> if you are traveling away from the bay today. triple-digits in st. louis, dallas and phoenix lead the ch
. >> a cosmetics ad featuring jude yeah roberts has been banned in britain. they say it exaggerate results that women use the product. loreal and you can see some lines on roberts and the effects are possible. an ad feesmg featuring christy was also banned. >>> have you ever thought about owning your own ghost town? a woman is selling 42 acres in south dakota including the tiny town which was rough and tumble cowboy town. there are nine residents there but it includes a post...
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. >> everything but britain. >> unbelievable.. >>> unbelievable. although this is of course, independence day, fourth of july. we're desperate for one day of great weather. we turn to you, stephanie roberts, from our great tampa station, wfds, in today for sam. for the very latest. stephanie. >> good morning. no pressures, since you have to deliver a good fireworks forecast to the nation. all eyes focused on our nation's capital for this independence day. yesterday, some very rough weather r ving through the d.c. area. in fact, one fatality from a tree falling on a man riding his bike. you can see folks evacuating the mall as those strong storms whipped up last evening. flooding rains. five injured by lightning in the gettysburg area. the threat of a scattered shower but nothing that should be a complete washout. so, we'll look forward to that. d.c., up to 90. cloud cover in new york. 88 degrees. moving to the west. 82 in detroit. plenty of places baking in the sun this july 4th. bubble of heat up to the 90s all of the way to minneapolis. have a sa
. >> everything but britain. >> unbelievable.. >>> unbelievable. although this is of course, independence day, fourth of july. we're desperate for one day of great weather. we turn to you, stephanie roberts, from our great tampa station, wfds, in today for sam. for the very latest. stephanie. >> good morning. no pressures, since you have to deliver a good fireworks forecast to the nation. all eyes focused on our nation's capital for this independence day. yesterday,...
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incredibly, he then became chief spokesman for britain's prime minister. he, too, now tarnished by this scandal. >> is it time you say you not only take responsibility? but that you screwed up? >> i made a decision to employ andy coulson. he had resigned from "news of the world." he said at the time he didn't know what was happening on his watch. he should have known what was happening on his watch. he paid the price. he resigned. >> reporter: while 200 journalists will lose their job, when the paper folds this weekend, not rebecca brooks, even though she was the other editor during the era of dirty tricks. >> it was reported she offered her resignatatn. and in this situation i would have taken it. >> reporter: her outspoken boss, rupert murdoch, who is in idaho this week, is standing by her. do you walk thisisast all the time? >> i do when i'm running away from you guys. >> reporter: but murdoch can't run away from the reality that his global empire has been exposed to things so deep, so shocking, despite its 168-year history, he is shutting it down for g
incredibly, he then became chief spokesman for britain's prime minister. he, too, now tarnished by this scandal. >> is it time you say you not only take responsibility? but that you screwed up? >> i made a decision to employ andy coulson. he had resigned from "news of the world." he said at the time he didn't know what was happening on his watch. he should have known what was happening on his watch. he paid the price. he resigned. >> reporter: while 200 journalists...
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n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n nc >>> nobody will be sleeping at wimbledon today when britain's andy murray plays a semifinal rival rafael nadal. that will be very exciting. nadal is just incredible on the court. >> it's going to be a great match. excitement does not describe a new stage production in nearby london. david sillito of the bbc stayed awake long enough to file this report about it. ♪ >> reporter: this takes a little bit of explaining. ♪...
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in 2002, britain was riveted by the story of 13-year-old millie dowler who had vanished. this week it was revealed the paper listened to her voice mail, deleting old messages to make room for new ones. that activity gave her family and police hope that she was alive. false hope. millie was later found murdered. and there's more. six years ago, terrorist bombings in london killed 52 people. on this anniversary, grieving families learned the newspaper hacked their cell phones, trolling for intimate details. one of those cell phones belonged to graham fowlkes, who lost his son. >> it's a violation, isn't it. and i -- i still don't know what i think about it. other than i'm really angry. >> reporter: this scandal reaches beyond the murdoch empire. this week it was revealed that london police were selling the paper scoops in exchange for bribes. there are even allegations that the prime minister, a close friend of murdoch, turned a blind eye even though he knew what was going on. there is now an enormous criminal investigation under way. it includes dozens of police investigat
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there you go. >> looks good. >>> all right, first britain's prime minister is on the hot seat today in the phone-hacking scandal. david cameron cut short a trip to africa in order to answer questions from parliament. >> of course it would be hard to top the drama that unfolded when rupert murdoch and his son testified. abc's scott goldberg explains why. >> reporter: it was about two hours into the hearing when a man apparently carrying a shaving cream pie, stormed rupert murdoch and called him a greedy billionaire. murdoch's wife sprang to action. police handcuffed the attacker. murdoch was shaken but okay. it was the point of highest drama in a civil but tense exchange with british lawmakers. >> this is the most humbled day of my life. >> reporter: both murdoch and his son james apologized for the phone-hacking scandal that's threatening the core of their company. >> these actions do not live up to the standards that our company aspires to everywhere around the world. >> reporter: news corporation has been reeling for two weeks since the murdochs shut down the british tabloid "news th
there you go. >> looks good. >>> all right, first britain's prime minister is on the hot seat today in the phone-hacking scandal. david cameron cut short a trip to africa in order to answer questions from parliament. >> of course it would be hard to top the drama that unfolded when rupert murdoch and his son testified. abc's scott goldberg explains why. >> reporter: it was about two hours into the hearing when a man apparently carrying a shaving cream pie, stormed...
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. >>> britain's royal couple is in yellow knife this morning. the capital of canada's northwest territories. william and kate's arrival there capped off a busy day on p pnce edward island where they raced each other in dragon boats and kate started major buzz answering one little question. abc's bob woodruff has details. >> reporter: william may be a prince. but he's also a royal air force search and rescue pilot. today he showed off a difficult technique needed in case an engine fails. he sets down, engines forward, then takes off when or if the engines recover. he did that more than half a dozen times. >> the best i've ever seen. can you imagine landing in water? >> reporter: kate got to show off too. when she raced against her own husband in the dragon boat race. >> love princess kate! >> reporter: it looked like the duchess might beat the duke. >> yay! >> reporter: but in the end, h h won. so we called it a tie.e. the question of babies came up again on this trip. william talked about that on their engagement day. >> we want a family. so, yo
. >>> britain's royal couple is in yellow knife this morning. the capital of canada's northwest territories. william and kate's arrival there capped off a busy day on p pnce edward island where they raced each other in dragon boats and kate started major buzz answering one little question. abc's bob woodruff has details. >> reporter: william may be a prince. but he's also a royal air force search and rescue pilot. today he showed off a difficult technique needed in case an engine...
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>> how powerful was rupert murdoch in britain? >> immensely powerful. the view of every prime minister for the last 30 years is no one can get elected without the blessing of the patriarch. >> i would just like to say one sentence. this is the most humble day of my life. >> so today the guy's testifying in front of a committee in parliament and gets hit with a pie. gets hit with a pie. police aren't sure whether it was curly or mo. >> is she or has she left florida? >> i certainly couldn't disclose anything like that. >> she'll probably be able to wrestle out of this about $1 million. >> people may not want to touch casey anthony because they don't want her to profit from what they see as someone who got away with murder. >> very hot today. >> it's too hot. it's so hot. over 100 and something. >> unless we can get humanitarian aid into this part of the world, unless we can scale up our operations to meet the growininneed, this could -- this crisis could turn into a catastrophe. >> it is japan's world cup! >> they'll be able to see how far japan can go,
>> how powerful was rupert murdoch in britain? >> immensely powerful. the view of every prime minister for the last 30 years is no one can get elected without the blessing of the patriarch. >> i would just like to say one sentence. this is the most humble day of my life. >> so today the guy's testifying in front of a committee in parliament and gets hit with a pie. gets hit with a pie. police aren't sure whether it was curly or mo. >> is she or has she left...
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. >> reporter: just before gordon brown became britain's prime minister, he and his wife discovered their infant son had cystic fibrosis. that private family trauma was suddenly splashed across the front page of the murdoch-owned "sun." brown says it was devastating. >> in tears. your son is now going to be broadcast across the media. sararaand i were incredibly upset about it. >> reporter: and another murdoch paper, "the sunday times," was allegedly using known criminals to hack into brown's tax records, his bank accounts. brown says it was a vendetta because murdoch didn't like his politics. >> i'm shocked. i'm genuinely shocked to find this happened. because of the links with criminals, known criminals, who are undertaking this activity. >> reporter: even the royals were targeted. there are damning allegations that murdoch management knew years ago "news of the world" had breached state security but didn't tell police. it's alleged the paper's royal reporter asked the editor for $1,600 so he could buy a top-secret directory called the green book which contains all the confidential phon
. >> reporter: just before gordon brown became britain's prime minister, he and his wife discovered their infant son had cystic fibrosis. that private family trauma was suddenly splashed across the front page of the murdoch-owned "sun." brown says it was devastating. >> in tears. your son is now going to be broadcast across the media. sararaand i were incredibly upset about it. >> reporter: and another murdoch paper, "the sunday times," was allegedly using...
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. >>> after rupert murdoch's memorable day of testimony, britain's prime minister was verbally hammered in parliament as lawmakers demand answers about his connections to that ongoing phone-hacking scandal. the ripple -- it's every part of life. law enforcement, politics, media, everyone's ensnared in this thing. >> it does seem like there's a lot of favors, a lot of the behind the scenes money passing hands which is why this scandal continues to spread, of course. >> very cozy relationships. >> indeed, that's true. >>> also coming up later this half hour in our "morning papers," a special and personal announcement for our viewers so be sure to stay tuned for that, we'll let you know what's going on behind the scenes. >> we've had several personal announcements on the show. so one more today. we'll get to that the end of the half hour. >>> but we begin with the dangerous heat that has trapped millions of americans in a week-long steam bath. >> we're talking about the sweltering heat wave that is now covering a huge area from texas to georgia. and also from minnesota to maine. abc's t.j.
. >>> after rupert murdoch's memorable day of testimony, britain's prime minister was verbally hammered in parliament as lawmakers demand answers about his connections to that ongoing phone-hacking scandal. the ripple -- it's every part of life. law enforcement, politics, media, everyone's ensnared in this thing. >> it does seem like there's a lot of favors, a lot of the behind the scenes money passing hands which is why this scandal continues to spread, of course. >> very...
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. >> there are allegations that two more murdoch-owned papers in britain broke the law. reporters are accused of paying queen elizabeth's bodyguards for secret information, potentially jeopardizing the monarch's safety. they're also accused of accessing former prime minister gordon brown's bank information and stealing the medical records of his seriously ill baby son. >>> it was anything but a normal commute for the riders on the boston to portland amtrak line this morning. the train traveling at about 70 miles per hour slammed into a tractor-trailer, causing it to burst into flames. the driver of that truck was killed but none of the 112 passengers or three crew members suffered life-threatening injuries on the train. of course, just last month an amtrak train in nevada collided with a semi truck killing six people. >> i'll be riding an amtrak train today, as a matter of fact. >> really? >> something to think about. >> where are you going? >> to d.c. 1,400 passengers ride the portland to boston route every day. >> big commuter line there. >> absolutely. and the train d
. >> there are allegations that two more murdoch-owned papers in britain broke the law. reporters are accused of paying queen elizabeth's bodyguards for secret information, potentially jeopardizing the monarch's safety. they're also accused of accessing former prime minister gordon brown's bank information and stealing the medical records of his seriously ill baby son. >>> it was anything but a normal commute for the riders on the boston to portland amtrak line this morning. the...